The Graduate and Professional Student Government hosts a wide variety of events throughout the year! 

GPSG Meetings Fall 2026

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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

GPSG Ball 2026

The ticket request period has now closed. All attendees who RSVP’d will receive additional details from GPSG soon.

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Events Around Campus

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Engineering Career Trek to Schneider Electric

Thursday, September 10, 2026 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Schneider Electric
Career Trek to Schneider Electric
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Graduate Student Open House at Main Library

Thursday, September 10, 2026 2:00pm to 4:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Join us at the Main Library for a Graduate Student Open House
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ISE:5000 GRADUATE SEMINAR -- TZE NING HIEW

Thursday, September 10, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Join us in welcoming Tze Ning Hiew, an assistant Professor at at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, to the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Seminar.

Dr. Hiew will present her seminar titled "Process-Structure-Property Relationships in Co-Precipitated Amorphous Solid Dispersions: A Hierarchical Particle Approach". This talk presents a hierarchical particle approach that deposits a secondary polymer onto particle surfaces during a high-shear co-precipitation...

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SJMC New Majors Fair and Fall Picnic

Thursday, September 10, 2026 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building

New SJMC Majors get a rundown of what it's like to be a journalism major, followed by a tour of Adler. An all you care to eat taco bar from Estela's will be served at 4 pm!

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AI Discussion Boards

Thursday, September 10, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
Managing online discussion boards faces the new challenge of students potentially replacing their online interactions with AI-generated responses. Participants will explore new ways to engage and motivate their students and to dissuade them from using AI.
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Raptor Readers: Vultures (Sept. 10)

Thursday, September 10, 2026 4:00pm to 4:45pm
Iowa Raptor Project Bird Blind
Raptor Readers: Vultures
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Optional Practical Training (OPT), work authorization session for international students

Thursday, September 10, 2026 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Virtual
Join Life in Iowa and International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) for a comprehensive virtual Optional Practical Training (OPT) workshop to learn about eligibility, application steps, and key timelines.
Exhibit Opening Celebration for 'It’s Been Wonderful Knowing You: Wildlife Conservation and Advocacy Through the Lens of Jay N. “Ding” Darling'  promotional image

Exhibit Opening Celebration for 'It’s Been Wonderful Knowing You: Wildlife Conservation and Advocacy Through the Lens of Jay N. “Ding” Darling'

Thursday, September 10, 2026 4:00pm to 5:30pm
University of Iowa Main Library

Enjoy refreshments, remarks from the curators, and an open house in recognition of the fall 2026 Main Library Gallery exhibition, It’s Been Wonderful Knowing You: Wildlife Conservation and Advocacy Through the Lens of Jay N. “Ding” Darling.

Event Schedule
4–5:30 p.m.: Reception and open house with curators Lindsay Moen and Collin Vandewalle
4:30 p.m.: Brief remarks in the Main Library Gallery
5:30 p.m.: Opening event ends
6 p.m.: Main Library Gallery closes

Admission to the gallery is always free...

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Night at the Museum: The Art of Voting 4.0

Thursday, September 10, 2026 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Welcome to the first Night at the Museum for the semester, Hawkeyes! Night at the Museum is our series of monthly events for students, hosted Thursday evenings when we are open late. 

This month will be our fourth annual collaboration with Hawk the Vote. HTV is an organization involved in civic engagement, voter registration, and education on campus, and will be available to help students register to vote and provide more information on engagement. In-state residents, please remember to bring a...

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Game Day Crafts

Thursday, September 10, 2026 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Game day crafts will take place on Thursday September 10th from 5-7pm where attendees will make Hawkeye themed crafts
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Taste the Foods of Rosh Hashanah

Thursday, September 10, 2026 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Phillips Hall

Food often serves as a bridge between culture, tradition, and community. On Sept. 10, the University of Iowa Anne Frank Initiative invites students, faculty, staff, and community members to celebrate the Jewish New Year through a special event highlighting the foods and customs of Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh Hashanah, which begins Sept. 11 and continues through Sept. 13 in 2026, marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year. The holiday is traditionally observed with symbolic foods that represent hope for a...

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Success, Not Excess: Collegiate Recovery Program Support Group

Thursday, September 10, 2026 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Success, Not Excess provides a small, safe and supportive space for UI students wanting to make or considering changes in their alcohol or other drug use. The group emphasizes success in academics, relationships, mental and physical health, and other goals through reducing alcohol and other drug use. Meetings are provided by the UI Collegiate Recovery Program. For more information, please visit our website.

This is not a treatment group and will not satisfy legal or other disciplinary mandates...

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Iowa Volleyball vs. Southern Illinois

Thursday, September 10, 2026 6:00pm
Xtream Arena
The Iowa volleyball team will host Southern Illinois at Xtream Arena.
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America 250 Speaker Series - Wilfred McClay - Singularity of Words

Thursday, September 10, 2026 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Wilfred McClay - Singularity of Words
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Piano Duet: Huckleberry, Lecuona

Thursday, September 10, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Faculty Performance: Piano Duet

Dr. Alan Huckleberry

Dr. Réne Lecuona

This concert is free and open to the public. Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

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14th Annual Neurogenetics Symposium

Friday, September 11, 2026 7:00am to 3:00pm
General Hospital
Presentations on a variety of topics including inherited genetic conditions, functional testing, and patient experiences
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Emergency Preparedness Fair

Friday, September 11, 2026 10:00am to 2:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Emergency Preparedness Tabling Fair

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Finance: Julia Fonseca

Friday, September 11, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Chemistry Building

Julia Fonseca is an Associate Professor of Finance and Josef and Margot Lakonishok Faculty Fellow at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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Virtual Panel on Disciplinary SoTL Methods

Friday, September 11, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
What does evidence of learning mean in your teaching context? How do you gather that evidence to answer your teaching and learning questions? Four faculty SoTL scholars will share their classroom-based inquiries and discuss attendees’ questions.
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Friday Crafternoons

Friday, September 11, 2026 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Need a creative break at the end of the week? Swing by the Stanley on Friday afternoons to work on a craft project of your choice.

Bring your own in-progress project or start a new one using the various supplies provided. Try your hand at sketching, coloring, knitting, embroidery, origami, and so much more in a relaxing, low-pressure environment. Stay as long as you like and make new connections. Light snacks will be provided.

Friday Crafternoons occurs almost every Friday at the Stanley Museum of...

Environmental Engineering and Science Graduate Seminar

Friday, September 11, 2026 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Seamans Center

Emily Jansen, civil and environmental engineering doctoral candidate, will be presenting, An Engineered Mixed Microbial Culture for Self-Sustained 1,4-Dioxane Bioremediation.

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CS Colloquium - "Easy, Hard, and Impossible: Phase Transitions in Computation"

Friday, September 11, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, Dr. Cristopher Moore, shows how to classify key problems in computing, data science, and statistical inference.
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Biology Seminar: The Innate-to-Adaptive Immune Transition Driving Vision Loss After Blast-mediated Traumatic Brain Injury

Friday, September 11, 2026 3:30pm
Biology Building East
Matthew Harper, Ph.D., an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Iowa, will be giving a seminar in Room 101, BBE, on Friday, September 11 at 3:30 P.M.
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